Toscaberries = the yummiest berries

Believe it or not, I didn't have any pin cushion, although it actually became one of my necessity. I use needles a lot... So imagine how happy I was when winning this giveaway: yummy pin cushion from my friend Regina from Toscaberries.

Thanks to Regina... the pin cushion helps me a lot. Especially with the WIP of my daughter's birthday party that's coming soon. And look at the cute little hairpin, my daughter loves it so much...

Love you heaps, Regina... :) XXOO

WIP: Kanaya's birthday party - part 1

My daughter's 8th birthday is coming soon this end of February. We are doing princess theme this time. Not Disney Princess, just general princess, with something like dressing up activities going on.

Only 5 girls are invited: her 4 best friends from school & 1 cousin (she only has 1 girl cousin in this city). Yes, we decided not to have it big. We've done big before: 30 peoples at fast food restaurant on her 4th birthday. But this time we want it more exclusive (thanks to my friend Junita from Kinderplay for the exclusive idea).

I'm doing the goodie bags myself, will post them when they're finished. So far I've designed the cupcake toppers & the invitation.

As you see the theme color will be blue, purple & pink. Her dress will be a copy of Giselle curtain dress from Enchanted the movie. The dressmaker hasn't finished the dress yet. Oooh, I can't wait to see it & post the photo here...

Garden Series hair bow - retro dragonflies

Other bugs better watch out, coz retro dragonflies are coming to the garden... Don't blame them if they act like divas, coz they are indeed more stylish :) Total dimension: 5.5cmx7cm. Price IDR 26.900,- (updated January 2013)

retro dragonfly - choco muffin

retro dragonfly - strawberry muffin

retro dragonfly - blueberry lollipop

retro dragonfly - strawberry lollipop

retro dragonfly - mint sherbet

retro dragonfly - bubblegum sherbet

retro dragonfly - rainbow cupcake

retro dragonfly - blueberry cupcake

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year...

I know it's too late... But I just got back from my holiday & feel so lazy to update my blog.

These are pictures of Christmas gifts from me for my parents and my brothers' family (I don't have any sister), under the Christmas tree at my parents house.

They're the ones with the brown wrap okay... I hate to see expensive wrapping paper thrown away after people open their Christmas gifts. At the end of the day... what's inside is what matters. I did put some effort on the tags though... The tags were printed on paper, then stuck on Bakerzin coasters (LOL...) using double tape. Some of the coasters have little drink stain here & there, but covered really well with the printing. I'm glad I didn't leave the coasters on the table after eating some macaroons at Bakerzin... :)

Anyway... Wish you have (had) a very merry Christmas and a very happy new year... :)

My first award !!!

Oooh... I'm so thrilled when my fellow crafter mba Fitri from Griya Hobi Fitriaa surprised me with this wonderful award:

Thank you so so much mba Fitri... kiss kiss hug hug... :)

accepting this award, i am asked to do the following:
1. thank and link to the person who awarded me this award.
2. share 8 things about myself.
3. pay it forward to 8 bloggers that i have recently discovered.
4. contact those blogger and tell them about their awards.

Now... lets see 8 things about myself... Hmmmm...
1. My family is my number one priority...
2. I love to eat... almost anything... from sweet to savoury, from East to West, from raw to well done... (no wonder it's so hard for me to loose weight :(...
3. But... I can't really cook... :P
4. I love shabby, rustic and sometimes raw-industrial-style thing...
5. But... doesn't mean that I like things dirty... :) I'm almost hygiene freak...
6. I love love love crime TV series (with lots of blood in it): Dexter, CSI, Bones, etc.
7. I sleep really late...
8. I'm not cool at all, I'm emotional...

And... I'm so happy to share this award to my beloved bloggers:
1. Toscaberries
2. Akush Abam
3. Tamimi
4. Myria Rafiz
5. Shizuoka
6. Polaku
7. Ndandut
8. Kandhitarechta

Nothing beats the great feeling of sharing... :D

Note: also big thanks for Tarlen from Design by Vitarlenology & Puri from Ideku Handmade for passing the same award to me... Love you Tarlen & Puri.. :)

Ribbon choices for pinwheel hair bows

Many of my beloved customers often ask whether I can make customized pinwheel bows with other choices of ribbon pattern. The answer is YES. This post will show ribbon choices for pinwheel hair bows. They are 7/8" (2,2cm)  to 1" (2,5cm) wide. Please mention the ribbon code when you order.

Bee & bug fan

Just received these photos from Lina. Meet her daughter Angie, one of Garden Series fans. She's wearing both bee and bug hair bow at the same time... :) Isn't she adorable?

 Thanks for the cute photos, Lina... :)

Tanya Whelan & Joel Dewberry's fabrics

These fabrics have been sitting in the rack for so long.

The bottom stack is Dolce series by Tanya Whelan.

The birds on the fabric are perfect for my daughter's bird-themed-bedroom. I've made patterns for a bed quilt and 2 pillow cases. Just haven't got time to actually cut and sew.

The top stack consists of 2 fabrics of Deer Valley in Persimmon by Joel Dewberry.

The one the left is absolutely my favorite. It's called Antler Damask in Sky color. Isn't it gorgeous? The one on the right is Meadow Lace in Persimmon. I planned to use them for pillow cases for my daybed at my office, but I might change my plan. Still not sure what to use them for.

Surely they are too gorgeous to be abandoned like that. So I have to start doing something with them. Hopefully I will post some WIP soon... :)

My Vitarlenology notebook

This came couple days ago:

Soo happy when I opened the package and found this gorgeous notebook that I purchased from Design by Vitarlenology. It's way better IRL than in the photo. Love the fabric pattern & color, and love the classic binding.

My daughter - who loves stationary and anything pretty - thinks that she must have one too. So, I will definitely buy another one... :)

Paper bag owl

This is my daughter's last Halloween craft. I should have posted it last week, but work was in my way.

Actually we've already made one like this when my daughter was about 3 years old. We were inspired by one episode from Barney, I think it was about Halloween party where they made paper bag owl, paper spider, etc. My daughter was cleaning her drawer when she found her old paper bag owl. It was dusty, torn here and there, color faded, basically ruined. So, we decided to make one again. And the timing was perfect coz it was couple of days before Halloween.

I always keep brown paper bags from places I shop: Starbucks, The Body Shop, etc. I reuse them for storing my fresh herbs. This time we turn it into a sleepy owl. Yes, you can see that it's sleepy, coz we made it during the day :) The ears, eyes, beak and wings are made of plain printing paper decorated using markers. Kids can play with it as hand puppet, by sticking their hand inside the bag. Or you can simply use it for Halloween decoration or an idea for kids activities in Halloween party. Great to teach them that recycling is fun... :)